Engr. Anthony Isiodu, the Acting Rector of the the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, reportedly died due to a heart related disease on Monday at the National Medical Center, Abuja, two weeks after returning from a medical trip to England. This ...
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The mastermind of the coup plot hoax against Buhari has been arrested
The Department of State Services (DSS), at the weekend, said it had arrested Jones Abiri aka General Akotebe Darikoro, leader of the Joint Revolutionary Council of the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF) and the mastermind of the coup plot ...
Read More »Buhari offers to help Germany defeat terrorism, after Munich shootings
Pres. Buhari has expressed deep shock and horror at yesterday’s shootings in Munich, Germany, by an 18-year German-Iranian teenager. Buhari made his feelings known in a statement issued in Abuja today, by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi ...
Read More »Ex- president of NANS accused of stabbing a fellow comrade
Kabiru Ibrahim Dallah wrote: “I heard with one ear that the immediate past President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Tijani Usman Shehu was somewhere in Abuja last night to negotiate Secretary General for his anointed candidate Igwe ...
Read More »Police arrests cab driver who ran away with a passenger’s N1.8m
Muritala Olugunju, 38, from Ogun State, was said to have picked Mohammed at Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, for shopping, before taking him to a hotel where he wanted to stay. But as Mohammed entered the hotel to book a room, ...
Read More »House of Representatives member, Elijah Adewale, slumps, dies
Hon. Elijah Adewale, 65, representing Ifako Ijaiye Constituency of Lagos State slumped and died in the early hours of today in his house in Abuja, PMNEWS reports. Adewale was said to have attended the caucus meeting of the House of ...
Read More »Acting IG accuses retired IG Arase of stealing 24 police vehicles
IGP Ibrahim Idris has asked his predecessor, Solomon Arase, to return the excess number of police vehicles he took away on departure from office. He accused him of taking away 24 vehicles including top of the range armoured BMW cars. ...
Read More »Dasuki drags FG to court, demands N15 billion compensation
Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) dragged the FG to an Abuja High Court challenging his incarceration in the custody of the DSS since last December. He is praying the court to order his immediate release from detention either conditionally or unconditionally. ...
Read More »“I bribed policemen with N200k,”- Driver who burnt tanker after diverting 33,000L of diesel
24-year-old Osas Uwagie of Edo state origin and a tanker driver with a Lagos based oil and gas company, has blamed his actions on bad company and poverty. He was en-route Abuja to supply the said products. He, however, diverted ...
Read More »Only few people are complaining about tough times under Buhari – Special Adviser .
Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said this when he featured on a phone-in programme on Raypower 100.5FM in Abuja, yesterday. His words: “Yes, you need to give me the statistics of those complaining. We (government officials) ...
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